Professor Nicholas Terpstra, FRSC, obtained his BA (1980) and MA (1983) at McMaster University and PhD in History (1989) from the University of Toronto. Beginning his academic career at the University of Regina, he moved to the History Department at the University of Toronto in 1998, teaching the social history of the Italian Renaissance. He […]

Professor John Borrows, OC, FRSC, the inaugural Loveland Chair in Indigenous Law, at Jackman Law, is Anishinaabe/Ojibway and a member of the Chippewas of the Nawash First Nation in Ontario, and one of the world’s leading scholars of Indigenous law. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, an Officer of the Order […]

Professor Roberto G. Abraham is an internationally recognized astrophysicist whose work has transformed our understanding of how galaxies form and evolve. He received his BSc in Physics from the University of British Columbia (1987) and his DPhil in Astrophysics from the University of Oxford (1992). After research appointments at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory and the […]

Robin Elliott was appointed to the Jean A. Chalmers Chair in Canadian Music at the Faculty of Music in 2002 as an Associate Professor and was promoted to Full Professor in 2008. As part of the Chalmers Chair portfolio, he also serves as Director of the Institute for Music in Canada. As Associate Dean, Undergraduate […]

Michael Reid is Associate Professor, Teaching Stream in the David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics. From 2011–22 he was jointly appointed to the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics as the Public Outreach Coordinator. His passion for sharing the spectacular, awe-inspiring realties of our universe have captured the imaginations of tens of thousands […]

Olivier St-Cyr is an Associate Professor, Teaching Stream and Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information (iSchool) and cross-appointed in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Professor St-Cyr joined the iSchool in 2016, leading the creation and launch of the User Experience Design (UXD) Concentration in the Master […]

Robert Irish is Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering. After academic training in English, Professor Irish joined the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering in 1995 to lead a six-month pilot project called “Language Across the Curriculum” to integrate communication skills into […]

Mairi Cowan is Professor, Teaching Stream, in the Department of Historical Studies and the Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy at the University of Toronto Mississauga, with appointments to the Department of History, the Centre for Medieval Studies, and Trinity College. She has received teaching awards at the institutional, provincial, and national levels: the […]

Dr. Naomi Steenhof is recognized for exceptional early‑career contributions that are transforming student learning at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy and advancing the scholarship of teaching and learning across the health professions. Grounded in her research on adaptive expertise and productive struggle, she designs evidence‑informed learning experiences that promote reflective practice, innovation, and flexibility, […]

Dr. Zahra Shakeri, Assistant Professor of Health Informatics and Information Visualization at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, is an extraordinary early-career educator whose innovative teaching has transformed student learning and elevated health data science education at the University of Toronto. She has developed high-impact graduate courses -Applied Machine Learning for Health Data, Health […]